montane

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montane (MON-tayn) - adj., of, pertaining to, or inhabiting mountainous regions; esp. the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline dominated by large coniferous trees. n., an animal or plant of a montane habitat.



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Coined around 1860 from Latin montānus, of/pertaining to a mountain, from mōns, mountain, from PIE root *men-, to stand out.

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